Nationwide Construction Recruitment Blog

Nationwide Construction Recruitment is a leading construction employment agency for the built environment. We are always seeking to improve our services and be at the forefront of recruitment practices.

Our Blogs are provided to make aware to workers and clients of incidents, changes and information relevant to their daily activities in the "Built Environment" .

Materials lead times back to pre-pandemic levels

Overall availability of building materials and products is now returning to pre-pandemic levels last seen at the end of 2019.

Plans in for BBC’s new home in Birmingham

Developer Stoford has submitted a planning application for the BBC’s new Birmingham home at the historic Typhoo Building in Digbeth.

Government pushes ahead with £3bn building safety levy plan

The Government has set out details of how it plans to charge developers to fix unsafe buildings as it prepares to impose the Building Safety Levy.

£1bn plan to move London fish and meat markets to Dagenham

The City of London Corporation has approved plans to relocate the capital’s historic meat and fish wholesale markets to a new purpose-built site in Dagenham Dock.

Big infrastructure projects spared the Treasury axe

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt committed to completing HS2 to Manchester in his Autumn Statement.

Construction resilient as economy slips toward recession

Construction activity continued to grow in September despite strong headwinds in the wider economy.

Industry wins two-year delay on CE marking switch

The Government has given the industry an extra two years leeway to switch from CE product marking to the new UK Conformity Assessed mark.

Gove saves stalled £300m Blackpool leisure scheme

The Government has stepped in to save stalled plans for a £300m themed leisure development off the Golden Mile in Blackpool.

Plan for leading 500 firms to ban diesel generators by 2025

The industry’s best-performing contractors could ban the use of diesel generators on sites within three years

Supply chain tries to crack mystery of creaking towers

Firms from across the supply chain have pooled resources in a bid to stop creaking noises in towers.